The Stayton mail., November 03, 1905, Image 6

C I1 A F T E R I.
I knnw h o w «illy it it of m * to fs^t
o v e r this s e p a r a ti o n of a few weeks.
J a c k , b u t I ’m suffering from t h a t m ost
fe m in in e o f all fem inine ailm e n ts— a
p resen tim en t
I h a v e a horrible d read
t h a t you will not come b a r k to me j u s t
th e s a m e as you leave iue.”
J a c k D o n ito n k new this w a s all very
foolish.
H e loved p re tty E th e l M allett
very d ea rly ; so, in stead of p u tt in g his
th o u g h t into w ords, he kissed th e t e a r f u l
fa c e a n d lovingly co m fo rted h e r w ith
vow s of e te r n a l con stancy.
“ Y ou know 1 n e e d n 't s t a y d o w n t h e r e
u n til th e p ic tu re s a r e finished,” he «aid.
“ A s soon a s I h a v e th e sk e tc h e s well
f o r w a r d , I sit ill com e back a n d com plete
t h e la rg e r p ic tu re s from th em a t hom e;
an d, th o u g h 1 sh all be w o rk in g very
h a r d , t h a t will not p re v e n t you fro m
co m in g every d a y to w a tc h my pro gress
a n d c h eer me up fo r a n h ou r or ao in th e
a ft e r n o o n ."
E th e l sm iled— it w a s r a t h e r a p itiful
a t t s u i p t — an d tu r n e d resolutely to th e
b r e a k f a s t table.
" I t w a s good of yoc to th in k of com ­
ing to b r e a k f a s t w ith us, so t h a t we
m ig h t see th e la s t of you before s t a r t ­
ing .” she said b rav ely , as sh e busied
h e rs e lf w ith th e coffee cups. Mr. M a l­
le t t c a m e d o w n a few m o m e n ts later,
a n d b r e a k f a s t w a s g** th r o u g h w ith du e
d eco rum , in d e feren ce to " p a p a ' s dislike
to em o tio n .”
S h o rt ly a f t e r th e m eal
Jack
w as
t r a m p i n g a w a y — his p o r t m a n t e a u in one
h a n d a n d a p o r t a b le easel in th e other.
H e h ad been e n g a g e d to E th e l M a lle tt
fo r tw o m onths, a n d th ey w ere to be
m a r r ie d as soon a s he could p ro v id e a
su ita b le home for her. A fo r tn ig h t a f t e r
ho hail ob tain ed th e re l u c ta n t c o n se n t of
M r. M a lle tt to th is a r r a n g e m e n t , a c e r ­
t a i n L o rd S u m m e rs, a t t r a c t e d by tw o
w a t e r colors of J a c k ' s in a fas h io n ab le
g allery , had found him o u t an d offered
him a liberal com m ission to e x e c u te a
series of six p ictu res, t h e s u b j e c ts to be
selected from th e im m e d ia te n e ig h b o r­
hood o f his lo rd sh ip 's place in E x b rid g e -
shire. J a c k h a d ju m p e d a t th e offer, see­
ing t h a t it w ould e n a b le him to place
little E th e l in a ho m e of h e r ow n tw o
m o n t h s soo n er t h a n he a n tic ip a te d .
So h e re he w as, a f t e r a tw o h o u rs '
ru n , h a r d a t w o rk in th e woods o f Mal-
lin g fo rd , skillfully a n d rap id ly filling In
th e lead in g f e a t u r e s
of
M alling fo rd
H o u s e a n d its s u r ro u n d in g s . W h ile his
fingers w ere t h u s busy, he w as recalling
th e co n v e rs a tio n he h a d h a d w ith L o rd
H u m m e r s upon th e p lace of his first s u b ­
ject.
“ W o u ld you w ish me to begin w ith
Summ erfieldV ” J a c k h a d ask ed, when
t a k i n g his final in s tru c tio n s fro m his
L o rd sh ip .
" N o ; I should like to be a t S u m m e r-
field m y self w h en you a r e th ere. I th i n k
you h ad b e tt e r m a k e M allin g fo rd H o u s e
y o u r first sub ject. I t is ab o u t te n miles
fro m Sum m erfield, a n d you can w ork
y o u r w a y to w a r d th ere. I sh all be down
by t h e las t week o f J u l y , a n d hope to
h a v e th e p le a s u re of sh o w in g you som e
h o s p i ta l it y .”
J a c k bowed his th a n k s .
“ You will be d elig h ted w ith M a llin g ­
fo r d ,” his lord sh ip w e n t on. " I t Is a
noble place, a n d I h a v e a r a t h e r p e c u lia r
in t e r e s t in th e p r o p e r t y . T h e late o w n er.
S i r P a u l M ailing, w a s a m o st eccentric
m a n , w ith a very e x a lte d notion of his
o w n im p o r t a n c e a s h ead of t h e house.
H e h a d n ev er m i m e d , an d w as m o rta lly
offended w ith his b ro th e r (Jeoffrey b e ­
c a u s e he took u n to him self a w ife a t th e
a g e o f th irty -e ig h t w ith o u t first c o n s u lt­
in g him. P o o r P a u l ! H e w a s a g re a t
frien d o f m ine; b u t I ’m bound to confess
t h a t he w as of a m o s t u n fo rg iv in g disp o­
sition. W o u ld y o u believe it, Mr. Horn-
t o n ? H e w as so u n j u s t as to d is in h erit
G eoffrey an d leave th e whole of his p r o p ­
e rty to his only s i s t e r ’s only child, P a u ­
line I.u fto n . I n s will confirmed his re p ­
u ta t io n for eccen tricity , for he m a d e even
h e r in h e r ita n c e c o n d itio n a l; first, upon
h e r ta k i n g th e n a m e of M ailing , and,
secondly, upon h e r not m a r r y in g u n d e r
th e ag e o f tw enty-five w ith o u t her g u a r ­
d ia n 's a p p ro v a l am i consent.
A very
a w k w a r d th in g fo r th e g u a rd ia n .
I am
t h a t not-to-be-envied person.
So, you
s e e , should th e y o u n g la d y in q u e stio n
h a p p e n to fall in love with som e poor
b e g g a r of a fellow, I could no t c o n s is t­
e n tly give m y co nsent, an d she would
h a v e to give up e it h e r her love or her
position as o w n e r of M alling fo rd, one
of th e finest s e a t s in th e c o u n ty .”
“ In which c a s e ? " J a c k said, i n t e r r o g a ­
tively.
“ l a which case th e d is in h erited b r o t h ­
e r would h a v e his own. B u t I a m glad
to say t h a t my c h a r m i n g w a rd will be
tw.aniy-five in S e p te m b e r a n d will th en
b e in a position to p leas e h e rs e lf in her
cho ice of a h u s b a n d — for which I am de­
vo u tly th a n k f u l, a s it relieves m e of a
se rio u s resp o n sib ility .”
" I c a n q u ite u n d e r s ta n d t h a t . ”
" I w a s in hopes a t first t h a t I should
n o t he called upon to exercise m y g u a r
d i a n s h i p a t all.
W h e n S ir P a u l died,
P a u l i n e w as a w a y w ith her f a t h e r In
Italy .
H e w a s a sa d re p r o b a te , an d
• p e n t h is tim e chiefly in g a m b lin g bouses,
leav in g his m o th e rle ss girl s m o n g sll
k in d s o f people.
W ell, a s f a t e willed,
th i s L u f t o n died j u s t s m o n th before
S ir P a u l , an d, th o u g h we m a d e every
effo rt to find his d a u g h te r , w e could ob­
ta in no tid in g s of her.
W s tr a c e d th e
f a t h e r an d d a u g h t e r to N ap les, w h e re th e
f o r m e r died ; b u t a f t e r t h a t w e could
b e a r n o th in g of her. W e eent o u t ag en ts,
we ad vertised, we did e v e ry th in g
we
could.
A t last, s f t e r five uioutbe of
fr u itle s s iuquiry. an d j u s t as we w ere
losing heart, an d w oud erln g w h e th e r we
sh o u ld not begin to h u n t up poor G e o f ­
frey , she a p p e a r e d suddeuly a t my so­
licitors' offices.
S h e looked w retchedly
ill, said she had been w orking h e r h e a r t
ou t a s a te a c h e r of E nglish a t a S p a n is h
school, and had only recently aeen one
of o u r ad v e rtise m e n ts .
She w s s nine­
teen th en —e n d t h a t is nearly six y e a r s
a g o .”
A n d now, as J a c k Idoroton stood Ls the
s h a d y wood, w ith th e noonday suu m a k ­
ing little p a tc h e s of w h its h ere an d there
w h e r e v e r it could pierce t h e th ick foli­
ag e above, an d w ith a buzzing of lasecte
iu hts e trs, he w a s w eavin g all so r ts of
r o m a n ti c fauoies co ncerning th e o w u e r
of all th e b e a u ty s u r rm iu d in g him.
self to g e th e r. T *>rd R u n tm srs told ma
be w s s going to a sk you to m a k e a pic­
t u r e of my hou se.”
It w a s Miss M ailin g then, a n d no
w o o d lan d n y m p h , a f t e r all. J a c k felt dls-
a p p o in te d , th ough he could not tell why.
"1 su p p o se you will re m a in h ere (or
aouie days. May 1 offer you a little boa
p its lity d u rin g y o ur a t a y ? T h e village
Inna aro, 1 believe, w retc h e d ly u n c o m f o r t­
able, an d I should not tike a friend of
uiy g u a r d i a n 's to be driv en to th eir shsl-
te r w hile 1 a m a t home.
W e e re tw o
louely w om en Just now. an d b u t dull com
pan y, 1 f e a r ; b u t we will do o u r beat to
m a k e you c o m f o rta b le for th is week at
least.
N e x t week 1 a m off a g a in uulil
th e eud of th e season, a n d sh all h ave
to le av e you to the m ercies of th e eer
j r a n t s . S ay you will co m e.”
' T h a n k you very m u c h ," J a c k beg an
h e s i ta t in g l y ; " b u t 1 did not s n t i a l p s t » —
In fact, 1 m a d e no p r e p a r a t i o n ------ "
" I s t h a t th a only difficulty?” sh e In
t e r r u p t e d gently. T ’rs y d e n 't let th a t
s t a n d In th e way.
Mrs. Hefon end 1
will s h u t o u r eyes to t h s snoem lty of a
m o rn in g c o a t a t dinner, and will promiae
to th in k no less of you on t h a t accouut.
• W e d iu e a t h a lf p a st seven, so t h a t we
m a y h av e an hou r or tw o of th es e lovely
t u i u m e r »veiling» iu th e g a r d e n s .”
J a c k raised hia s o ft felt h at, an d
w a tc h e d her g ra c e fu l figure as she glided
a w a y d o w n the dim leafy »1st« of the
wood. H e wished t h a t she bad stay ed
longer, t h a t he m igh t still be looking into
her glorious eyes, w a tc h in g the
ever
c h a n g in g lights th a t c a m e an d weiw s*
r a p id ly as sc ud ding clouds «cross ■ him -
m e r sky.
W h e n a t last a c u rv e In th s
p a th hid h e r front view he t u r n e d a g ain \
to bis w ork w ith a h eavy sigh, wishing
it w a s a lr e a d y h a lf p a s t seveu.
'
THE BLOOD
X .',
” S. S. S. fo r th e b lo o d ” h a a g ro w n to be •
h o u se h o ld s a y in g . W h en th e blood is o u t of o rd e r, o r
n eed s tre a tm e n t from a n y cause, th is g re a t rem ed y is th e iirst th o u g h t of
a n d used by th o u s a n d s of peo p le a ll o v er th e c o u n try , b ecause it is s u p e rio r
to sll o th e r blood p u rifiers. It is a p u re ly v e g e ta b le rem edy, an d w h ile it
p e n e tra te s th e c irc u la tio n an d forces o u t ull p o iso n nn d m o rb id m u tte r, i t
also b u ild s u p th e e n tire sy ste m by its fine to u ic effect. D u rin g th e win*
te r m o n t h s t h e n a tu ra l sve-
,
, u fJ e .
from lalpurc Uood , nd . KPtierU
nties of b o d ily w aste h av e n i ] ^ owl, condition of the system. . I had no
becom e d u ll an d w eak a n d petite, was losing (lesh, and an all-gone tired feck
failed to perform th e ir full lng th at made m s miserable. I Is-gsii the uae of
d u ty , th e blood lias l>een s lu g - s. S. 8 and my blood was restored to its uur-
g is h a n d an e x tra arn o u u t ittsl, lirultby condition. My srijirtile returned, I
o f p o iso n s a n d w aste m at- increased in weight, th at “ tire«! feeling” left and
te rs h a v e ac c u m u la ted iu * w u ■R*'n m yw lf.
th e sy ste m an d been ab-
Columbus, o b io
V ic ro s S ru n s m s
•o rb ed by it. W ith th e com -
t u r B*rth n u n ™ d W ashington Aves.
In g of S p rin g an d w arm w eath er th e blood is a ro u sed anil stirre d to q u ic k e r
a c tio n an d in its effort to th ro w off th e se acid s an d p o isons th e s k in s u f­
fers. Boils, p im p les, b lo tches, ru sh es «nil e ru p tio n s break o u t und c o n ­
tin u e u n til th e blood is clean sed und m ude p u re. S. S. S. is th e id eal re m e d y
fo r th is c o n d itio n ; it clears th e blood of ull im p u ritie s, m a k e s it ric h a n d
• tro n g und th e se s k in tro u b le s puss aw ay. R h e u m a tism , C a ta rrh , C h ro n ic
S ores a n d U lcers, S cro fu la, C o n ta g io n s Blood P o iso n und a ll o th e r d isease*
of th e blood are cu red by S. S. S. Book on th e blood und nny ad v ice d ^
•ire d , free of ch a rg e ,
T ll£ S W I F T S P E C IF IC C O ., A T L A N T A , CAm
llrlitg*
liuill on
Wool.
A t t h e litt le t o w n o f W u d e b r M g e .
C o r n w a l l , E n g l a n d , t h e r e Is u b r i d g e
of u un iq u e ch u ru c tc r
O w i n g to t h e
stre n g th of th e cu rren t, o rd in ary stone
f o u n d a t i o n » w o u ld n o t hold, a n d nu
in e r o u s d e v i c e s w e r e t r i e d w i t h o u t N i l e
ee»s.
E v e n t u a l l y hitga o f w o o l w e r e
s u n k In t h e s t r e a m n n d t h e pile» d rlv -
| „ u n ,j t It In » tr iu ig e f o u n d a t i o n h a s
| , r(>Ved w o n d e r f u l l y Ilrtu a n d s u t l s f m
lo ry .
Clrcuinelantl s IK t ulrsce
At a la w y e r's d in n e r th e su b je c t of
c ir c u m s ta n tia l evidence w a s d is c u s s ­
ed
H u e l a w y e r , s u y a t h e N e w Y o rk
T r i b u n e , s a i d t h a t t h e bent i l l u s t r a t i o n
of c ir c u m s ta n tia l ev id en c e as p ro o f
w a s In a s t o r y lie h u d r e c e n t l y h e n r d .
A y o u n g u m l p r e t t y g irl b u d b e e n
o u t w n lk iu g . O n tie r r e t u r n h e r m o t h ­
e r an Id:
" W h e r e h n v e you been, m y d e a r ? "
" O n ly w ttlk iu g in t h e p a r k , " s h e r e ­
plied.
" W i t h w h o m ? ” p u r s u e d tier m o t h e r .
“ No o n e , i n a u i m a , ” » a id t h e y o u n g
girl.
“ No o n e ? " h e r m o t h e r r e p e a t e d .
" N o o n e , " w a s t h e rep ly .
“T h e n . ” s a i d t h e o l d e r la d y , ” ex-
plitlu liow It Is t h a t y o u h n v e c o m e
h o m e w i t h a w a l k i n g s t ic k w h e n y o u
s ta rte d w ith an u m b re lla ."
C H A P T E R II.
F r o m behind th e bole of a la r g e tre e
J a c k H o rn to n w a s being n a rr o w l y s c a n ­
ned by a y o u n g lady, who seem ed well
p le a s e d w ith th e inspection. S h s w a t c h ­
ed him a t work fo r som e m i n u te s w ith a
j
d ecide d look of a d m i r a t io n in her eyes.
C H A P T E R III.
|
S h e tu r n e d fro m h e r surv ey p res eu tly ,
•Now you a r e to con sider youraelf
a n d stooping do w n , c rep t s w a y slowly q u it e a t home, Mr. H o ru to n , Miss Mai-
a m o n g th e bru s h w o o d , m a k in g s d e to u r ling said, a* sh e rose from th s table
w ith th e ev id e n t in teu tio n of reach in g “ S ta y an d m e d i ta t e h ere in solitude, or
th e s p o t again.
corns o u t on th e terrace, as su its y o u r In­
To lire a k In New Shoes.
In th e m e a n t im e J a c k , s tre tc h in g h im ­ c lin a tio n .”
Vl wsvs s h s k r i n Alien' « Knot Ks*e, a p o wd e r
T h e moon ca m e ont by a n d by. throw - It cures hot .w esting, a.-htiig »wulln, leal
se lf a f t e r his spell of work, noticed a
,
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.
.
< tir»« c o r n » . I n g r o w i n g n MSI
s l « eu<!
At
a m t I’liiii
I n i n i nti
o n » a
s m a ll n a t u r a l m o u n d covered w ith soft Ing from behind s c u rt a in of te n d e r gray s l l it r iig g i« !« a n d O n e s t o r e s . . V h o t i ' i *• • **;>t
velv ety grass. T h e m ore he looked the clouds s »oft, silvery, sh im m e rin g tight a n y - u b s l t l t i t e S a m p l e m a i l e d K K K E A d d r e s «
A lla n S O lm s te d 1« t in y , N V
s t r o n g e r b e c a m e th e t e m p ta t io n to ta k e over th e landscape.
te n m i n u te s ' rest.
H e yielded a t last,
A f t e r Mrs. Hefton h a d gona Indoor*.
A L e a p - Y e a r H in t.
an d fo u n d th e m o u n d an excellent pillow. P a u li n e led the c o n v e rs a tio n in s m a n n e r
*T>o you know. Mis* C l s r a , " said
B efo re he h a d en jo y ed tw o o f th e a l ­ t h a t q u it s e n tr a n c e d her co m panion. T h e
you ng Sin gleton, th e o th e r evening, " t h a t
lo tte d ten m in u te s ' rest, his op eu locket, w itchery of th e evening, th e b e a u ty of
y o u r fa c e rem in d s m e of a perfect m i r ­
c o n ta i n in g a p o r t r a i t of E th el, d r o p p e d the w om an, nnd th e spell of h e r fsscl-
fr o m his h an d , a n d a m y ria d of g n a ts nation* w ro u g h t upon J a c k ' s im pression- [ r o r ? ”
o th e r s w i l l ft a d Mr- W i n s l o w 's ( t o o t h in g
“ Hoee i t ? " sh e queried. " A n d why. S y M
r u p t h e beat r e m e d y t o use fur t h a l r c h i l d r e n
buzzed an d w hizzed in h a p p y freedom able n a tu r e , nnd his d r e a m s t h a t night I
pray?”
d
u
r
i
n g t h e t e e t h i n g i*rl<»l.
r o u n d his head. J a c k H o rn to n w a s f a s t w ere of lovely women w ith goldeu h a ir
“ B e c a u s e ," he a n s w e re d , "It reflects
asleep .
a n d liquid b ro w n eyes.
nothing but th e t r u t h . "
A t t h a t m o m en t a w om an c a m e glid­
A w eek later. J a c k H o rn to n stood nt
W o r l d ' s (St ock o f H o l d .
“ O h !" she exclaim ed, in a tone th a t
ing by in full view of th e easel. She th e b r e a k f a s t room window , a p p a re n tly
T h e a m o u n t o f gold In E u r o p e w h e n
sa v o re d of d is a p p o in tm e n t. ” 1 th o u g h t
w a s a w om an of s u r p a s s i n g loveliness, a bsorbed in the calm , r n d i a n t b e a u ty of th e a n s w e r Would lie a lto g e th e r differ­ A m e r i c a w a s d i s c o v e r e d Is b e l i e v e d
tall, s ta te ly , w ith m a s s of golden p laits th e scene before him ; y e t his b re a s t ws*
n o t t o h a v e e x c e e d e d grj&.OOO.OUU. I n
e n t ."
coiled ro u n d a n d ro u n d h e r h ead , full to r n w ith conflicting passions.
“ W h a t did you exp ect m a to s a y ? ” he t h e 4(M y e a r s u n ti l IMXJ t h e w o r l d ' s
m e ltin g b ro w n eyes a n d ripe red lip», a
P a u li n e M ailing w as r e t u r n i n g to tow n ask ed .
p r o d u c t i o n Is e s t i m a t e d a t gy.ooo.ooo,-
sk in riv alin g th e p each iu its delicate by t h e m id d a y tr a in , an d th e pain t h a t
" I th o u g h t ." continued t h e blushing U00— h a l f o f w h ic h w a s a d d e d to t h e
coloring, an d a c a r r i a g e qu een ly in its her proposed d e p a r t u r e h a d en used him 1 m aid , “ t h a t it w as b ecau se every tu n e
Inclu d in g
th e
e sti­
e v ery m o vem ent.
H e r d a in ty c a m b r ic had also opened Ids eyes to th e h ate fu l you looked iu my fa c e you saw you r m o n e y s u p p l y .
m a t e f o r 1005. In t h e t e n y e a r s b e g i n ­
go w n , cunningly m a d e to " m o re ex p ress t r u t h t h a t he had been u n f a i th f u l to his o w n .”
t h a n hide her f o r m . ” tr a in e d carelessly little E th e l 's mem ory.
A nd th e n e t t m orn ing she ann o u n ced n in g w i t h 1N00, n e a r l y *.'1,000,000,000
a m o n g th e ivy ro o ts an d b ra m b le s be­
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h in d her. H e r sim p le s t r a w h a t she c a r ­ told him self, w r a th f u lly , " t o s ta y here
th ird ns m u c h a s d u rin g th e p re c e d ­
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g eate d t h e p r e t ty “ m aid en m e d ita tio n ger! M iss M ailin g h a s been very kind ! T h e r e a d e r s o f t h i s p a p e r w i l t he ple a se d to t h a t t h e I t o e r w a r l o r t w o y e a r n e lo s e d
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t h a t sole lic e h a s heeu a i d e t o c u r e 111 a l l Ita t h e T r a n s v a a l m i n e s .
S h e g av e a w ell-feigned s t a r t w hen she upon ine as belonging to a very inferior c a g e s , a n d t h a t ls c a t a r r h . H a l l s i a l a r r h
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h a d com e well in view of J a c k ' s easel. clas s to h e r o w n ; an d I, to show m j c u r e Is t h e o n l y i w s l t l v e c u r e k n o w n to t h e
m e d i c a l I r a l e r n l t y . < a l a r r h t ie in g a c o n s t i t u ­ *350.000,000 Mill f o r 1005 it ls e s t i ­
I t w a s not p le a s a n t to w a tc h th e sw if t g r a t it u d e , m u s t r e t u r n her w om an ly t i o n a l d l - e a s e , r e q u i r e * a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l t r e a t ­
T h e w o rld 's
c h a n g e t h a t c a m e o v e r th e b e a u ti fu l fa c e k in d n e s s by p re s u m in g to fall in love m e n t . I I a l l ' s C a t a r r h < ure 1« t a k e n I n t e r n a l l y , m a t e d n t *400,000.1X10.
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and w ith her! A p a r t from my s u p r e m e c o n ­ a c t i n g d i r e c t l y u p o n t h e M o o d a n d m u c o u s s t o c k o f m o n e y gold In 1N97 w a s a p ­
s u r f a c e s o l t h e s y s t e m , t h e r e b y d ' « t r o y ln g t h s
t h o u g h t h e rs e lf alone.
It rev ealed u n ­ ceit w ith re g a r d to Miss Mailing. I hav e ( u u n d a t l o n o f t h e d l w s » e , a n d g i v i n g t h e pa- p r o x i m a t e l y f o u r a n d a q u a r t e r b il­
m i s t a k a b ly th e d e f e c t s o f h e r c h a r a c t e r b e h a v e d sh a m e fu lly to E t h e l ,” he w ent ( le n t s t r e n g t h b y h a n d i n g U u | p t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n lions. By t h e e n d o f t h e p r e s e n t y e .tr
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a s in d ic a te d in th e cruel littls c u rv e s a t on; a n d a flush of self-condem nation s p n r o d p a r s i e s t i o s t r i s n n g a n v a e t u so r e m In
u c h f s l t n In 11 » c u r a t i v e It Is e s t i m a t e d t h a t It w ill h e a l m o s t
th e c o rn e rs of th e m o u th , w hich were c re p t over his h a n d s o m e face.
“ I've p o w e r s t h a t t h e y offer Oita H u n d r e d b o l l a r a six b il li o n s nn I n c r e a s e o f n e a r l y 50
g e n e ra lly concealed b e n e a th th e p re tty been a w a y fro m her a w hqle week, and lo r an r c a s e t h a t U l a l l s to c u r e , b e n d lo r lis t p e r c e n t in n i n e y e a r s .
ol t e s t i m o n i a l s .
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confiding sm ile t h a t from long p ra c tic e only one sh o rt note h av e I went h«r.”
Address
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h a d become h a b i t u a l w ith her.
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A d v a n c in g ca u tio u sly , she glanced in th e w in
d o w an d seized a peu.
H e ' H a ll's f a m i l y Ellis are t h e best.
" A h h s h , s q u i r e ! " c h u c k l e d III S p r y ,
a ro u n d , and soon discovered J a c k ' s nibbled th e penholder, as If in expecta-
w h e re a b o u ts .
She w e n t quickly to the tion of receiving in s p iratio n from the
S e c r e t a r y L eslie M. S h a w , for more t h e v il la g e w a g a n d c u t up, u p o n e n ­
easel, a n d critically ex am in ed th e m o r n ­ act. B efo re he had q u i t e m a d e up his t h a n tw e n ty y e a r s prio r to going lo c o u n t e r i n g t h e old c o d g e r n e x t m o r n -
in g 's work. T u r n i n g aside, she re m a rk e d mind as to t h e w ording of his o v erdu e j W a s h in g to n , w s s s u p e r in te n d e n t of oue | in g a f t e r t h e d a t e o f tin- u p p e a r a n c a
to herself, " W i t h such decided ta l e n t love Ipfter he h e a rd a r u s tle a t th e door, j and at tim es tw o S u n d a y schools, s o d ¡ o f th e g r e a t e s t s h o w on e a r t h . " K e t c h -
a n d such an a p p e a r a n c e , he w ould be an d M iss M ailing e n te r e d in her eleg a n t re p r e s e n te d th e I»es Moines conference ed y e In a y a r n ! T o ld m e y e w a s g o l n ’
t h r e e tim es s t th e g en eral c o n feren ce of to t a k e l»oy to t h e c i r c u s a n d 1 s e e n
s u r e to succeed if h e w ere pro perly t a k e n t r a v e li n g costum e.
his ch urch .
u p .”
She th e n w a lk e d on tip toe to
“ H o w I sh all miss y o u r p le a s a n t lit­
ye r i g h t s m a c k u p o u t h e ti p - t o p s e a t
J a c k , an d s c ru tin iz e d him q u it e as c r i t­ tle m o rn in g c h a ts , Mr. H o r n t o n " — with a
l a s t n i g h t , w i t h o u t a s i n g le s l g u o f •
ically as she h a d scrutinized his work, g en tle sigh — “ o u r h a p p y s k etch in g e x p e­
boy w i t h y e ! ”
a n d e v idently w ith as m u ch ap p ro v a l. ditions, and our d elig h tfu l e venings!”
" T o o k t h e hoy I u s e d to lie, y e a r s
cum w h i m a u m i ( a ut.
T h e n her quick eye detec ted th e open
“ Y’ou c a u o t miss th e m as 1 sh a ll,”
M t C ough H yrup. T ajk * w G ood. (J m
a n d y e a rs ago!" re tu rn e d th e v e te ra n ,
lo ck et by his side.
In Urn«). Hold by d ru g g is t«
J a c k re tu rn e d .
e r a h h e d l y . " I ' m in m y s e c o n d c h i l d ­
S h e looked c a re f u ll y a t th e sleep er and
“ You th i n k n o t? ” rnising h e r
eyes
hood. g o l r a m y e ! " — P u c k .
h a v in g a s s u re d h e rs e lf of th e so u n d n es s
slowly to his a n d d ro p p in g h e r voiceI
of h is slum b ers, w e n t d o w n upon her
kn ees by bis side, th e b e tt e r to ex a m in e m o u r n fu lly . " T h a t sh o w s how little you
kno w an d a p p r e c i a t e y o u r g a in in pos­
th e p o rt ra it .
S h e s t a r t e d visibly w hen h e r eyes fell I sessing the h e a r t y love an d esteem of a
few t r u e frien d s, in s te a d of th e m on o to n ­
up on th e s w eet fa c e sm iling a t h e r from
m
ous a d u la tio n of a h o rde o f m ere f a s h io n ­
th e tin y tr in k e t.
S h e rose q u ic k ly and
a b le a c q u a i n ta n c e s .
Y’ou c a n n o t u n d e r ­
w a lk e d a w a y a few yard s.
s t a n d , b ecau se you h a v e n ev er e x p e r i­
“ S o she is th i s la n d s c a p e p a i n t e r ’s
enced it, how the e m p tin e s s of o u r lives
‘v illag e m a id e n !’ ” »be m u t te r e d vindic- ;
so m etim es palls upon us butterflies, nnd
lively. “ S urely t h e r e is som e f a t a l i t y in j
bis co m in g here!
1 c a n ' t be m is ta k e n , : w h a t w e w ould give a t su c h tim es to
h a v e a real o b je c t in life; how we long
it is th e s a m e in sipid bab y ish ly p re tty !
fa c e t h a t Lord S u m m e r s pointed o u t to ; fo r th e affection of one d is in te re ste d
m e in th e p a rk t h e o th e r d ay . A n d she c r e a t u r e ! ”
H e r e J a c k w ould h a v e p re c ip ita te d
T li« K i n d Y o u H a v e A l w a y s I t o u g h t lia s b o r n e t h e s i g n a ­
loves th is Apollo, do es she'/ A nd p e r ­
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t u r e o f C hits. I I . F l e t c h e r , a n d h a s b e e n m a d e u n d e r liis
h a p s he th in k s he loves her. W ell, we
sh e h a d so co n v en ie n tly opened fo r him ,
p e r s o n a l s u p e r v i s i o n f o r o v e r HO y e a r s . A l l o w in» o u e
s h all see w h a t we sh all see!”
t o d e c e i v e y o u in t h i s . C o u n t e r f e i t s , I m i t a t i o n s a n d
T h e r e w a s a sig nifican t g li tt e r In h e r b u t for th e e n t r a n c e of Mrs. Kefton, w ho
“ « T u s t-a s -g o o d ” a r e h u t E x p e r i m e n t s , n n d e n d a n g e r t h e
fine eyes, a n d an in s ta n t in e o u s t i g h te n ­ proceeded to d is p e n se th e c o m f o r ts of th e
h e a l t h o f C h i l d r e n —e x p e r i e n c e a g a i n s t e x p e r i m e n t .
ing of th e red lips seem ed to tell of a b r e a k f a s t ta b l e in h e r ow n inim itable
h a r d , cruel h e a r t b e n e a t h th e f a i r e x ­ m a n n e r . T h e c a r r ia g e w a s a t th e door
terior.
H ut th e exp ressio n of h e r face b e fo re th e m eal w a s pro p erly over.
“ G ood-by, Mr. H o r n to n ,” said P auline,
c h a n g e d as if by m ag ic when J a c k roll­
C n s t o r i a is a h a r m l e s s s u b s t i t u t e f o r C a s t o r O il, P a r e ­
ed o v e r on to his side an d sh ow ed signs ns sh e stood w ith one d a in t y fo ot upon
g o ric, D ro p s a n d S o o th in g S yrup*.
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b e fo r e th e easel, a n d a w a ite d him.
s u b s t a n c e . I t s a g e is i t s g u a r a n t e e . I t d e s t r o y s W o r m s
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a n d allay s F e v e rish n e ss. I t c u re s D la r r ln c a a n d W in d
m u r e d dro w sily, ra is in g him self ou one ly, " I shall not lie able to e n d u re much
C o lic . I t r e l i e v e s T e e t h i n g T r o u b l e s , c u r e s C o n s t i p a t i o n
elbow , w hen his eyes fell upon t h e d a z ­ of L o n d o n 's vap id society a f t e r th e In­
a n d F la tu le n c y . I t a ssim ila te s th e F o o d , re g u la te s t h e
S to m a c h a n d B o w els, g iv in g h e a lth y a n d n u tu r a l sleep.
zling loveliness of th e girl so e a rn e s tly te lle c tu a l In te rc o u rs e we have enjoyed
T h e C h i l d r e n ' s I'a n u c c a r —T h e M o t h e r ’s F r i e n d .
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an d a r t i s t i c p ercep tio n s were a lik e ro u s ­
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t o w a r d th e easel.
“ I beg y o u r p a r d o n for th e liberty
I h a v e t a k e n in e x a m i n in g y o u r p ic t u r e ,”
m u r m u r e d th e w oodland n ym p h melodi-
oualy. “ I hope I did not d ie tu rb you.
M a y I be allow ed to con tinue m y lnapec-
ti o n ? ”
J a c k , h a r d l y a w a k e even yet, m u t ­
te r e d so m ething a b o u t "too m u ch hon-
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" Y o u a re Mr. D o rn to n , a r e you n o t ? ”
t h e c o n tin u ed , still looking a t th a pic­
ture, an d giving J a c k tim e to puli h im ­
P u t t i n g H im W ise.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature of
H e r F a th e r— W h a t are yon an d
y o u n g S h o r t l e i g h g o i n g to liv e o n In
case yon m arry ?
H i a H a l i g h t e r — W e ll, If y o u rn u at
k n o w , p a p a , g o lo ok In t h e m i r r o r .
U n ite L ik ely .
Little Willie—Say, pa, what does
this paper mean by "ties of blood?”
Pa—Must he a new shade of red
neckties, my son.
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